Thread by @LilaGraceRose

The Kate Cox case is being heavily misrepresented

Here are the facts:

Cox has decided to kill her 21-week-old daughter because the baby has Trisomy 18.

The TX Supreme Court has ruled against a district judge’s decision, so Cox is traveling out of state to abort her child.

According to court documents, Kate Cox was happy when she found out she was pregnant.

Until her daughter tested positive for Trisomy 18 — a genetic condition that causes physical growth delays during fetal development.

Kate filed a lawsuit through @ReproRights to bypass Texas' protections for preborn children, including those w/ disabilities.

The suit claims a D&E "abortion is the safest option for her health & her best medical option given that she wants to have more children in the future"

@ReproRights Abortion is not the standard procedure for any maternal medical emergency.

Induced labor and early delivery may be.

But Kate does not want to go through labor or c-section for a disabled child.

@ReproRights Kate has already had two c-sections.

If her daughter is carried to term or induced early, Kate will likely have to undergo a third c-section that could have complications.

So Kate wants a D&E abortion to kill her daughter instead, delivering the baby in pieces vaginally.

@ReproRights D&E abortions come with major risks.

Evidence in peer-reviewed literature from over 160 studies connects abortion to subsequent preterm birth. This increases risks of hemorrhage, cardiovascular disease, & stroke.

The claim that abortion is the safest option for Kate is false.

@ReproRights Doctors have been pressuring Kate for weeks to abort her daughter, suggesting that the fetal diagnosis means her daughter will not survive to birth or will die within "minutes, hours, or days."

But is this really the case?

Doctors often label children diagnosed with Trisomy 18 "incompatible with life"

Bella Santorum, Faith Smith, Kayden McClanahan & Verity Jacobson are just a few kids who have proven medical experts wrong

In fact, 90% of kids with Trisomy 18 live when given proper medical care

Kate claims, "I don't want my baby to arrive in this world only to watch her suffer"

But her daughter is already in the world. Abortion guarantees she will suffer the pain of dismemberment in the womb

Carrying to term gives her a chance at life, no matter how long that life is

It is incredibly painful to lose a child, and incredibly difficult to learn one’s baby is facing a severe disability.

But is the just or loving response to murder that baby before her natural death?

A child’s life is precious, no matter the challenges she has to overcome and the health conditions she might experience.

Kate, you still have the chance to give your child a life filled with love - for whatever time she has on this earth.

Embrace life.